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Titre: On Video Games
Condition: Neuf
Sous titres: The Visual Politics of Race, Gender and Space
Auteur: Soraya Murray
Format: Poche
ISBN-10: 1350217700
EAN: 9781350217706
ISBN: 9781350217706
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Genre: Society & Culture
Sujet: Social Sciences
Date de publication: 2021-02-25
Description: Today over half of all American households own a dedicated game console and gaming industry profits trump those of the film industry worldwide. Soraya Murray's insightful study examines issues of gender, race, and space in relation to a range of popular contemporary games. She explores blockbusters including The Last of Us, Metal Gear Solid, Spec Ops: The Line, Tomb Raider and Assassin's Creed to show how they are deeply entangled with American ideological positions and contemporary political, cultural and economic conflicts. As quintessential forms of visual material in the twenty-first century, mainstream games both mirror and spur larger societal fears, hopes and dreams, and even address complex struggles for recognition. Murray examines the elaborately constructed characters and densely layered worlds of these popular games, tracing how their social and environmental landscapes reflect ideas about gender, race, globalization, and urban life. In this emerging field of study, Murray provides novel theoretical approaches to discussing games and playable media as culture.
Sujet: Anglais
Pays/Région de fabrication: GB
Item Height: 216
Item Length: 138.00
Poids: 594g
Année de publication: 2021

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